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Q1. What are some of the main goals of the Sea Level Rise Impact Study?

A1. The North Carolina Sea Level Rise Impact Study is tasked to answer the following high level questions:

1.    What changes to coastal flooding hazards will possibly occur between 2009 and 2100 due to storminess and sea level rise?

2.    What built and living systems will be exposed to coastal flooding from increased storminess and sea level rise?

3.    What possible impacts/consequences (system-wide, financial) will occur on the exposed built and living systems?

4.    What short-term and long-term strategies will result in efficient and effective prevention and/or alleviation of exposure and consequences from sea level rise and increased storminess?

Q2. Who are the Primary Audience for this study?

A2. The primary audience for this study are federal and state government policy makers

·         U.S. Congress

·         North Carolina General Assembly

·         Governor

·         FEMA/NFIP

·         Other Coastal States

Q3. Who are the Secondary Audience for this study?

A3.  The secondary audience for this study are as follows:

·         Coastal Counties/Municipalities

·         NC State Departments with Regulatory Authority

·         US Department of Defense – Military Bases in North Carolina coastal areas

·         DHS – NIPP

·         Federal Agencies with regulatory Authority (i.e., NOAA, EPA, USACE)

Q4. What is expected of the study audience?

A4.  The audience is expected to:

a)    Comprehend and acknowledge the potential impacts associated with future sea level rise and storminess due to climate chance.

b)    Promote fund and/or implement short and long-term sea level cost-effective consequence management strategies.

Q5. What are some of the criteria for the solutions, data, models and products that result from this study?

A5. The solutions, data, models and products that are used/or that result from this study must be

·         Repeatable

·         Defensible

·         Quantitative

·         Transferable and Non-proprietary

·         Scalable

·         Spatial